'Terrorism' in document 'Slovakia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART TWO
SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER TWELVE
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST PEACE, AGAINST HUMANITY, CRIMINAL OFFENCES OF TERRORISM, EXTREMISM AND WAR CRIMES

Title One
Criminal Offences against Peace and Humanity, Criminal Offences of Terrorism and Extremism

Section 419
Terrorism and some forms of participation on terrorism

(1)Who

a) with an intent to seriously intimidate inhabitants, seriously destabilize or defeat constitutional, political, economical or social establishment of the state or a structure of an international organisation, or to coerce a government of the state or an international organisation to act or to omit to act, threats by commitment or commit an offence endangering the life, health of people, their personal freedom or a property, or illegally produces, gets, owns, possesses, transports, delivers or in another way uses explosives, nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, or performs not permitted research and development of such weapons or weapons prohibited by law or by an international treaty,

b) with the intent to cause death or serious bodily harm or considerable damage on property or environment possesses radioactive material, or has or creates nuclear explosive machine or a machine diffusing radioactive material or emanating radiance, which may due to its radiological features cause death, serious bodily harm or serious damage on property or environment, or

c) with the intent to cause death or serious bodily harm or considerable damage on property or environment, or to coerce natural person or legal person, international organisation or state to act or omit to act, uses radioactive material or nuclear explosive system or a system diffusing radioactive material or emanating radiance which may cause death due to its radiological features, or serious bodily harm or considerable damage on property or on environment, or uses or damages a nuclear reactor including reactors installed on floats, vehicles, planes or cosmic objects, used as an energy source for driving such floats, vehicles, planes or cosmic objects, or for other purposes, or premises or traffic system used for production, storage, processing or transport of radioactive material in a manner which releases or may release radioactive material, or threats by such act in circumstances indicating credibility of the threat, or

d) asks for radioactive material, nuclear explosive system or system diffusing radioactive material or emanating radiance which may due to its radiological features cause death, serious bodily harm or considerable damage on property or environment, or a nuclear reactor including reactors installed on floats, vehicles, planes or cosmic objects used as an energy source for driving such floats, vehicles, planes or cosmic objects or for other purposes, or premises or traffic system used for production, storage, processing or transport of radioactive material, with threats in circumstances indicating credibility of the threats or use of power,

shall be imposed an imprisonment sentence for 20 to 25 years or life imprisonment.

(2)The same sanction as in the paragraph 1 shall be imposed to the person who

a) collects or provides financial or other means, personally or through another person, even partially, for the purposes of their use or allowing their use for commitment of the act listed in paragraph 1,
b) provides knowledge of methods or techniques for production and using of explosives, nuclear, biological or chemical weapons or other similarly maleficent or dangerous stuffs for the purposes of commitment of the act listed in paragraph 1 or attempts for such act or participates on such act,
c) publicly incites to commit the act listed in paragraph 1 in a manner defending or exonerate commitment of such act in case of its commitment, and herewith causes a danger of its commitment or participates in it,
d) asks another person to commit or participate in committing the act listed in paragraph 1 or attempts to ask or participate in the attempt, or
e) plans to commit the act listed in the paragraph 1 with the intent to commit or enable its commitment.

(3)The life imprisonment shall be imposed on the offender if s/he commits the act listed in the paragraph 1

a) and gives rise a serious bodily harm to more persons or death of more persons,
b) on a protected person,
c) towards armed forces or armed corps,
d) as a member of a dangerous grouping, or
e) during a crisis situation.

(4)The life imprisonment shall be imposed to the offender if s/he commits the act listed in the paragraph 2 letter a) and herewith facilitates using the financial or other sources collected or provided by him, for committing the attempt of the offence listed in the paragraph 1, or s/he personally uses them in such manner, or commits the act listed in the paragraph 2 letter d) and herewith allows commitment or attempt of the act listed in the paragraph 1.